The Hawaiian gazette., 1887-04-19
The Gar.
TIE LIFE EE LEABS.

The Gar.
TIE LIFE EE LEADS
Ny friend the messenger was on his
way 10 St Petersburg IN the autumn
OF last year. when his train stopped at
& small Russian way station. and was
shunted of upon q side track. The
station yard was filed with soldiers.
fling OF into lines along the main
track.
The messenger let down his window
and put out his head 10 discover the
cause OF the delay A soldier said
something to him IN Russian. then
pointed his gun at his head. A trav-
cling companion pulled the messen-
ger back, saying. you don't under
stand Russian. eh9 That man told
you that if you didn't shut the win
dow and pull down the curtain he
would blow your brains out" Natu
rally the window came up and the
curtain came down. They sat thus IN
the darkened compartment for 4 quar-
ter Of an hour. Then. with prodi-
giOus rattle and roar. there flashed By
them on the m2in track 6 short ex-
press tram Twenty minutes more
another rushed past N the same di
recti0n. Then. afte~ some minutes.
the soldier shouted 70 them that they
might lift the blind. and they resumed
their journey Inquiry revealed that
the Gar had passed them on his way
30 SEsrniwlee meeting. and that these
Z -f
the line No one knew which Of the
trains bore him
a PICTURE OF The CAR
The Gar himself seems to have
many fatterers, but no friends. L
have talked. I dare say. at one time or
smother, with . score Of people who
have net him and are fairly qualified
60 judge what manner OF man he Is.
Almost invariably he Is described as
big. burly. bearish sort Of man.
strangely unlike any Of his more re-
cent ancestors on either side. and with
face Of aeurious Teuton-I Tartar type. I
picturesque bat unpleasant He has 4
vast physical strength, OF the black
smith sort, and has the kind OF 2iind. /
which not infrequently goes with tha /
Onder Of bOdy-slOw- honest. obsti- Z
nate confding where faith Is repOsed- 1
suspicious everywhere else. Ina way
Geozge Ill must have been OF the /
same nature He was. with Louis .
XIV, rather contemptUOusly eele 4
hrated by his contemporary critics as .
one OF the two faithful husbands .
among the soYereigns Of Europe
Good husbands seem 10 make bad .
kings The present Gar Is said to
be most devoted and sIngle-minded
spouse first OF his race He Is
par excellence g family man. to whom
the highest happiness would be the
home circle. 4 he were allowed TO
have home HIS tastes are simple
be ests plainly and heavily before
the burden OF empire came UPON him
he used to be great sleeper q mighty
hunter. bluff friend ot the few he
liked a hater OF fJrmslities. dipIO-
macy. and politics generally short.
q good wholesome rough pIebisn
prince stupid and ch0leric. but hon
est and true Fate never played Oh
mortal q erueIler trick than when she
suddenly hurled upon this man the
tsa5. OF Czzrship. To be absolute
master q 6YeF, I0O.000-000 Of human
beings. Is II itself a task OF ineonceiY-
able magnitude Whgl- further. the
task : complicated By organized rob
berry among officials and organized
mIIr1er among subjects, BY continued
necessity OF provoking war by aggres
si0n abroad and ceaseIsss terror Of
assassinati0n at home 1t becomes sim
5IF impossible
LIE OF TERR0R-
A less stubborn and less e0nscisn- ]
lOEs man than the Gar would have ]
Mt his throat long ag0 under the
EightffuI load imposed upon him He ]
1u5ers and sticks TO his post He does
% good 30 himself or anybody else
dis wife L pale spectre Of her for
Ear self looking Old enough 20 be the {
n1ther OF her older, but msrvellOusly
EeseEred sisrsr-the Princess Of Wales ,
F0-n ard grey haired with her lie OF
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